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   June 26, 2023 - Canadian Wildfires   
      
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      Wildfires continued to blaze across Central Canada in late June 2023,   
      pouring rivers of smoke high into the atmosphere. The Moderate   
      Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on board NASA’s Terra   
      satellite acquired a true-color image of the fiery scene on June 22.   
      
      Each red “hot spot” marks an area where the thermal bands on the MODIS   
      instrument detected high temperatures. When combined with smoke, as in   
      this image, such hot spots mark actively burning fire. All of the fires   
      in this image, except for the one farthest to the west, are burning in   
      the province of Quebec. The western one is located in Ontario, near the   
      border with Quebec. Given the location and quantity of dark smoke, most   
      appear to be burning in boreal forests and/or in areas with peat-laden   
      soils. Peat, which can be found in moist boreal ecozones, is   
      exceptionally smoky when burned and is also difficult to fully   
      extinguish.   
      
      Wildfires have plagued both Western and Central Canada this spring,   
      with an exceptionally early start to fire season in British Columbia   
      and Alberta. By early June, a wildfire outbreak struck the province of   
      Quebec. Wildfires in both locations have continued through the month of   
      June. On June 23, the Society for the Protection of Forests Against   
      Fire (SOPFEU) reported that 81 fires were burning in the Intensive   
      Protective Zone (the area in which all fires are normally fought to   
      extinguish), with 31 more in the Northern Zone. Twenty-five of the   
      total fires were considered out of control. Active fires covered   
      1,054,171 hectares (ha) in the IPZ and 999,152 ha in the Northern Zone.   
      
      A large and dedicated crew of firefighters from Canada have been   
      supplemented with crews from several countries, and they have made   
      headway on many of the wildfires. The weather, however, has made fire   
      control very difficult. On June 25, the Quebec provincial government   
      warned that, “Due to low precipitation and rising temperatures,   
      flammability indices vary from very high to extreme in several regions   
      of Québec. These weather conditions could reinvigorate existing   
      wildfires and lead to the outbreak of new fires.”   
      
      Image Facts   
      Satellite:  Terra   
      Date Acquired: 6/22/2023   
      Resolutions:  1km (3.1 MB),  500m ( B),  250m ( B)   
      Bands Used: 1,4,3   
      Image Credit: MODIS Land Rapid Response Team, NASA GSFC   
      
      
      
   https://modis.gsfc.nasa.gov/gallery/individual.php?db_date=2023-06-26   
       
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